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33.Dd August 23, 2013
34.Dt VM_PAGE_GRAB 9
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm vm_page_grab
38.Nd "returns a page from an object"
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In sys/param.h
41.In vm/vm.h
42.In vm/vm_page.h
43.Ft vm_page_t
44.Fn vm_page_grab "vm_object_t object" "vm_pindex_t pindex" "int allocflags"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Fn vm_page_grab
48function returns the page at
49.Fa pindex
50from the given object.
51If the page exists and is busy,
52.Fn vm_page_grab
53will sleep while waiting for it.
54If the page does not exist, it is allocated.
55The function sleeps until the allocation request can be satisfied.
56.Pp
57The function requires the
58.Fa object
59to be locked on entry, and returns with the object locked.
60If the
61.Fn vm_page_grab
62function sleeps for any reason, the object lock is temporary dropped.
63.Pp
64The
65.Fn vm_page_grab
66supports all of the flags supported by
67.Xr vm_page_alloc 9 .
68In addition,
69.Fn vm_page_grab
70supports the following flags:
71.Bl -tag -width ".Dv VM_ALLOC_IGN_SBUSY"
72.It Dv VM_ALLOC_IGN_SBUSY
73When waiting for the busy state of the existing page to drain,
74only test for exclusive busy; ignore the shared busy counter.
75.El
76.Sh RETURN VALUES
77The
78.Fn vm_page_grab
79always returns the page.
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr vm_page_alloc 9
82.Sh AUTHORS
83This manual page was written by
84.An Chad David Aq Mt davidc@acns.ab.ca .
85